How Does This Antique Wheel Balancer Work?

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I got a new vintage automotive machine! And its brilliant in its simple way to do something quite advanced!
Wheel balancing.
I try to figure out how to use this awesome piece of kit!
#automotivetools #wheelbalancing #howto
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  • @SeasideGarage
    @SeasideGarage24 күн бұрын

    I think I did a pretty bad job at explaining or showing what I found out in this video. I will make short video soon about it... a bit more to the case... But what I figure this machine does is this: Firstly you do the static balance.. here the machine is just a regular bubble balancer. Then you pull the handle at set the machine to Dynamic. When this is done the wheel can move from side to side but should not do that since its static balanced. The disc under the wheel is free to move also (with quite a bit of resistance) When I spin the tire and push the handle with the bearings again this plate the plate will be completely horizontal and parallel with the floor and the static balanced wheel but when the wheel is spinning the wheel will no longer be parallel with the floor IF its out of balance.. When the wheel is stopped the disc is now a copy of the spinning wheel and the wheel is back to being parallel with the floor. I can then measure the plate to find out where the wheel is heavy. Hope it makes a little more sense...

  • @flemmlnghansen6516

    @flemmlnghansen6516

    24 күн бұрын

    Du har fuldstændig ret. Husk at dele de statiske klodser i 2 een på hver sin side af fælgen, over og under hinanden. Det samme med de dynamiske klodser, de skal blot siddelige modsat hinanden, een på oversiden og een på undersiden bare 180 grader forskudt. Jeg har afballanceret mang gange på det apparat i min læretid som automekaniker.

  • @ek8710

    @ek8710

    24 күн бұрын

    This actually made it make sense to me, i didn't realise the disc could move with resistance relative to the wheel, it's simple and genius at the same time, what a machine :D

  • @wollaminfaetter

    @wollaminfaetter

    24 күн бұрын

    Really good explanation! Now even I understand. It is therefore the inclination of the disc in relation to the statically balanced wheel that is measured.

  • @dungbetel
    @dungbetel24 күн бұрын

    Didn't understand a thing. Brilliant!

  • @jochenstacker7448
    @jochenstacker744825 күн бұрын

    This machine is breaking my brain! The tire is set to wobble and you spin it. You then stabilise it as it spins, so it finds it's axis. You then stop the tire and connect the wobble meter, but by doing that, you wobble the tire, so any level it found whilst spinning is completely gone and it just tilts whatever way you tilted it. And then it shows consistent results, but how?! Old machinery is deceptively simple and usually makes no sense in how it operates, but it does. I'm amazed and confused in equal measures.

  • @kaneto88

    @kaneto88

    25 күн бұрын

    The part you are missing is that after he pulls the rollers away from the disc it doesn't matter if the tire is moved by hand , bumpt, etc. because the disc is not pushed by anything.

  • @atvheads

    @atvheads

    25 күн бұрын

    @@kaneto88 That has to be the answer, because i did not get it first either. And i still don't get the mechanics. Like a Saab 99, not really hundred. :)

  • @MrToxicSkittle

    @MrToxicSkittle

    25 күн бұрын

    The wheel is free to wobble. What the stabilizing mechanism does is that it forces plane of the spinner, for a lack of a better word, to be parallel to the floor. The spinner can pivot relative to the wheel plane. As soon as the stabilising mechanism is detached, the spinner and wheel will pivot as a rigid body, which is why it is okay to move the wheel by hand. By measuring how much the spinner is out-of-horizontal, you can determine where the wheel is heaviest. I would assume that the wheel is heaviest where the lowest point on the spinner is. Hope this makes sense!

  • @SeasideGarage

    @SeasideGarage

    24 күн бұрын

    I think mrtoxicskittle did a pretty good job at explaining what I think this machine does... :)

  • @jochenstacker7448

    @jochenstacker7448

    23 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the explanations guys.

  • @wollaminfaetter
    @wollaminfaetter25 күн бұрын

    This makes NO sense to me. Love it 😂

  • @SeasideGarage

    @SeasideGarage

    24 күн бұрын

    Haha just made a comment trying to explain what I think is happening... Will make a better video about it soon also...

  • @gerhard6105
    @gerhard610525 күн бұрын

    1. You are doing a great job.

  • @RussEdgar445y7tlfj
    @RussEdgar445y7tlfj24 күн бұрын

    The new 'weighting game'. 😁

  • @DrZoidbergism
    @DrZoidbergism25 күн бұрын

    Aaah now I want such a machine

  • @BillyWatersIE
    @BillyWatersIE25 күн бұрын

    I love how neither you nor the audience knows what is going to happen next

  • @BillyWatersIE

    @BillyWatersIE

    25 күн бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/f5tmltyintGzeJM.html

  • @CollectorOfThings
    @CollectorOfThings23 күн бұрын

    I don't need an older balancer but I want one since seeing your other one. I have a hand spin electronic Balco/Snap-On machine. I don't have the nut-centric attachments so if I found an old machine with nut-centric abilities I'd buy it.

  • @ferguscosgrave7510
    @ferguscosgrave751025 күн бұрын

    Thanks

  • @francishagen8508
    @francishagen850824 күн бұрын

    Fin video, takk😊

  • @KirksAudioSanctum
    @KirksAudioSanctum24 күн бұрын

    3:00 I have a question, as always... Is your garage floor perfectly flat?

  • @silvermint45
    @silvermint4516 күн бұрын

    As you are dealing with the high low points on the disk, i do not think you have to spin the tyre so much.

  • @lesklower7281
    @lesklower728125 күн бұрын

    You enjoyed that so did l

  • @ShaunMurray63
    @ShaunMurray6325 күн бұрын

    Well done Sherlock Holmes. Epic.

  • @SeasideGarage

    @SeasideGarage

    25 күн бұрын

    I am completly mind blown by the brilliance of this..... if it actually works... :P

  • @ShaunMurray63

    @ShaunMurray63

    25 күн бұрын

    @@SeasideGarage It's a great piece of kit and you will crack it I'm sure Seppo.

  • @michealofloinn2539
    @michealofloinn253925 күн бұрын

    I think a level machine is critical. I would like to try on my wheels. They cause the car to shake over 100kph. I tried other wheels and this doors not happen. What do you think? 07 Volvo V70

  • @juslitor

    @juslitor

    7 күн бұрын

    Sounds like balancing beads would do the job for you.

  • @MarkusCheong-Wallrich
    @MarkusCheong-Wallrich23 күн бұрын

    Kaere Seppo, jeg forstod intet, men det var, som om jeg saa Gyro Gearlös paa arbejde.😂

  • @paulwootton5378
    @paulwootton537825 күн бұрын

    I watched...... I don't see the point in spinning the wheel...stabilizing it in a level position until it stops and then taking a reading....It appears that the spinning is not needed as you wait for it to stop. and you have levelled out any "wobble" before it stops with the Stabilizer part??? I must be missing some thing?

  • @BillyWatersIE

    @BillyWatersIE

    25 күн бұрын

    yes but we are all finding out together

  • @jochenstacker7448

    @jochenstacker7448

    25 күн бұрын

    And he introduces new wobbe by moving the wheel about by hand, so any level the wheel found whilst spinning is gone anyway, the operation of that machine makes no sense and I can't see how this ever could have worked.

  • @MrToxicSkittle

    @MrToxicSkittle

    25 күн бұрын

    @paukwootton5378 he’s not stabilising the wheel in a horizontal position, but only the disc blow it. The disc that he reads of off pivots relative to the wheel, during the stabilisation. When he removes the stabiliser, the disc and wheel will pivot as a rigid body. Hope this makes sense

  • @SeasideGarage

    @SeasideGarage

    24 күн бұрын

    I just made a pinned post that I hope clarifies what I found out....

  • @paulwootton5378

    @paulwootton5378

    24 күн бұрын

    @@MrToxicSkittle No

  • @MrToxicSkittle
    @MrToxicSkittle25 күн бұрын

    I didn't really get the concept of the plate that you are stabilizing. So I had to rewatch the video. It makes sense now, I think you're probably onto something with the approach you're using now! I'm just amazed that the gauge does not have a small wheel or ball like a ball pen at the end - surely it cannot be correct that a precision instrument should drag on a steel flange like that? Maybe it is, I'm just a bit puzzled. Great video!

  • @SeasideGarage

    @SeasideGarage

    25 күн бұрын

    The gauge has a small tip that unscrews... its sort of hollow and I was wondering if that should be filled with grease maybe?

  • @MrToxicSkittle

    @MrToxicSkittle

    25 күн бұрын

    @@SeasideGarage or maybe a small steel ball? Like a ball bearing? Which should probably be greased? Would be fun to find out!

  • @MrToxicSkittle

    @MrToxicSkittle

    25 күн бұрын

    But there would probably have to be a hole in the cap, for the ball to protrude from, for that to make sense. Hmm..

  • @SeasideGarage

    @SeasideGarage

    25 күн бұрын

    There is... So it could be!... I will look into that! :)

  • @SeasideGarage

    @SeasideGarage

    25 күн бұрын

    That would actually make a lot of sense... thanks! :)

  • @twocvbloke
    @twocvbloke25 күн бұрын

    People only say it's too hard because they can't just push a button and stand around doing nothing while the machine does all the work, having to use their grey matter is a stretch these days unfortunately... :\

  • @v12mike30
    @v12mike3024 күн бұрын

    I don't think that you are measuring dynamic balance at all. After spinning the wheel and stopping it you are just measuring static balance again, but using the micrometer rather than the bubble as the measuring instrument. You can only measure dynamic balance while the wheel is actually spinning. The only way I can see this working is that you spin the wheel slowly, maybe 2 revolutions per second, stabilise it with the jockey wheels, then simultaneously watch the micrometer and mark on the tyre while the wheel is still spinning to see where the mark is when the micrometer is at maximum (or minimum) deflection. Dynamic balance can only be tested when static balance is correct. Adding a nut to the top of the rim has upset the static balance, so the dynamic balance is invalid. To test the dynamic balancing ability, add a weight to the inside of the rim and an equal wight to the outside, on the opposite side of the wheel, this will compensate the static balance, but ruin the dynamic balance.

  • @juslitor

    @juslitor

    7 күн бұрын

    the disc under the wheel is floating (with reluctance) in relation to the balance wheel axle. While the wheel is rotating and the handle is pulled, the disc becomes displaced from the axle in relation to the rotating wheel. At the end, the micrometer measures how much offset the rotating wheel is from the balancing axle, via the disc that has remained stuck to the orientation it had while the wheel was spinning. The static balancing is done with the bubble level ontop.

  • @StLaparole
    @StLaparole25 күн бұрын

    I don't understand anything, and I usually do so it must be your fault by logical termination. Right?

  • @SeasideGarage

    @SeasideGarage

    24 күн бұрын

    Hahah I tried to explain it a bit in a comment up top... but I will try to make another video at some point...

  • @chilleddriving1455
    @chilleddriving145525 күн бұрын

    I don't get this at all...

  • @HarmonRAB-hp4nk
    @HarmonRAB-hp4nk25 күн бұрын

    got bored at 3:00 I'll just figure all the mackine does is spin the tire and balancing is completely up to the human :-\...... dont see how, considering the new ones have sensors to measure the force on the rim when its spinning.... this looks more like a tester to see if the wheel is straight or warped...... oh ps dont say how it works then go on for a hour about the story how you got it or something..... it puts ppl off... waiting to see what it as actually does..

  • @SeasideGarage

    @SeasideGarage

    24 күн бұрын

    Im am doing what I can to keep folks with a short attention span out of this channel.... :P

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